Comparison of attentional bias toward threat between children with signs of internalizing and externalizing disorders

Abstract

The main aim of this research is to compare attentional bias toward threat among children with signs of internalizing and externalizing disorders. First, we offend the CBCL questionnaire to 700 parents who had an 11-12-year-old son. This questionnaire was done at primary school in the Tabriz area.80 kids were chosen from this population who suffered from depression, anxiety, ADHD and aggression. We chose 20 students for each logical disorder. Then we used a computer test named: DOT-PROB in order to check out attentional bias among these students. The researchers showed that attentional bias toward threat among kids suffering from depression is different from those who have signs of aggression another finding of these research show differences between attentional bias toward threat between children with signs of anxiety and ADHD. In addition, we didn't realize any special difference between attentional bias toward threat among children who have signs of anxiety and those with signs of aggression. Also, we didn't find any special differences in attentional bias toward threat between children who have signs of depression and children with signs of ADHD.

Keywords

• internalizing
• externalizing
• anxiety
• depression